Ron Black has succeeded where many have failed. He has taken the complexities of using MS Project 2000 and turned them into an easy-to-understand format that blends the tool side of PM with the people side.
As a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and PM trainer, I intend to recommend this book to both to beginners and 'experts' alike. With a fun-loving, obvious sense of humor, Ron Black explains the underlying principles upon which this type of software was developed. Additionally, he has NOT neglected the all important aspect of how to use the tool to motivate, inform, and build a cohesive project team.
He does what folks need - shows them that they CAN do it, that project management and the PM software really isn't as terrifying as it may seem when you first get thrown into it.
The book is informative, thorough, and motivating. Buy it. Read it. Use it. Open it often to remind yourself of the all important basics that we often lose sight of when we are caught in the middle of a busy project day.